May

April

Archives

MGH In The News - April 2002

Links to the following online articles may no longer be active. They are provided here for reference only but may be available via the host site's archive.

April 30, 2002

• The serious side of plastic surgery - Boston Globe
• Weighing Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy - New York Times
• Reading Help May Alter Brain Activity in Dyslexia - Reuters Health

April 29, 2002

• Roots of Violence May Lie in Damaged Brain Cells - Los Angeles Times

April 26, 2002

• New substance could be shape of things to come - Boston Globe
• New approaches increase organ donations: Hospitals learn to talk to families - Boston Globe
• Organ donor program increases donations by 51 percent - Associated Press
• Lack of Interpreters Impacts Immigrant Healthcare - Reuters Health
• Artificial Organs No Longer Science Fiction - Comiverse.com

April 25, 2002

• Teamwork taken to heart: MGH doctors use new technique on tumor - Boston Globe
• A true inspiration: Yates receives Society award - Boston Globe
• An end to a distinguished career - Harvard Gazette

• Genomic Centers Move Forward - Harvard Crimson

April 24, 2002

• $50m plan by Partners for centers on genetics - Boston Globe
• Partners HealthCare, Harvard plan $50 million genetics center - Associated Press

• Ill woman has lost much, still has hope - Courier-Journal

April 23, 2002

• Pituitary Tumor a Culprit in Delayed Puberty - New York Times

April 22, 2002

• Speedy Stroke Diagnosis Technique Highly Effective - Los Angeles Times

April 19, 2002

• Small facility does open heart surgery - Boston Herald

April 18, 2002

• In North End, a house of hope - Boston Globe
• Cause and Effect - Peabody News

April 17, 2002

• Suddenly Allergic - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

April 16, 2002

• Heel Spur Treatment - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

April 15, 2002

• Little girl and docs with hearts of gold inspire marathoner - Boston Herald
• Study Dismissing St. John's Wort Raises More Questions
  - Los Angeles Times

April 14, 2002

• The body's repair shop: Cells growing in transplants spur hope of regeneration - Boston Herald
• Reclaiming their church - Boston Globe
• School breakfast program filling a gap - Boston Globe (West Section)

April 12, 2002

• Supporting a classmate - Exeter (N.H.) News-Letter

April 11, 2002

• Using new therapies on pains of old age - Boston Globe (South Edition)
• Young man inspires Marathoner - Weston Town Crier
• Eating fish may reduce risk of sudden death - Harvard Gazette

April 10, 2002

• Placebo is best in depression study: US-funded trial pits herb, rivals - Boston Globe
• More Support for Eating Fatty Fish - New York Times
• Studies say eating fish reduces risk of dying from heart disease - Boston Herald
• New Treatment Can Help Heel Spurs: Shockwave Therapy May Be Better Than Surgery - WCVB TV, Ch. 5
• Eat and run: Marathoners experiment to find a winning diet
  - Boston Herald
• Marathon commitment - Swampscott Reporter
• In the pipeline - Boston Globe

April 9, 2002

• A colorful strategy - Boston Globe
• Slowing Alzheimer's Deadly March? - BusinessWeek
• Studies show fish oil can help prevent deaths from heart disease - Associated Press
• Fish Cuts Risk of Heart Attack and Sudden Death - Reuters Health
• Shingles May Underlie Chronic Vulvar Pain - Reuters Health

April 5, 2002

• Blood Test Might Spot Pregnancy Complication - Reuters Health
• Simple test for pregnancy danger - BBC News
• Healthy growth: Caritas Christi's community focus puts it among elite networks - Boston Globe
• Dr. Juan M. Taveras: Hailed as pioneer in neuroradiology - Boston Globe
• More accurate diagnosis of stroke - Health and Age.Com
• Imaging Technique May Improve Stroke Diagnosis - Reuters Health
• Cesareans: Do You Deserve a Choice - Health Magazine
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Extend Survival - Reuters Health
• Woman runs Boston Marathon in memory of Exeter 19-year-old - Exeter (N.H.) News-Letter

April 4, 2002

• Preventing Preeclampsia - HealthScout
• Blood Test Could Predict Risky Pregnancy Condition - Reuters
• Early Test for Preeclampsia - WebMD.Com
• Harvard study offers pregnancy-complication warning - Boston Business Journal
• Preeclampsia - WHDH TV, Ch. 7
• Seeing Strokes - WHDH TV, Ch. 7
• Spiral Scan Sees Stroke Blockage More Clearly - Intellihealth
• Patient's death prompts fears of `live donor' liver transplants - Boston Herald
• A risky gift of life when hope fails: Living-liver transplants bypass waiting list, but lack of data is troubling - USA Today
• Abiomed pauses for study: Heart device maker muses on 3 strokes - Boston Herald

April 3, 2002

• Doctors urge regulator to oversee growth of liver transplants from living donors - Associated Press

April 2, 2002

• The high cost of better care - Boston Globe
• Second Opinion: Sexual Healing - Washington Post

April 1, 2002

• Study looks at health risks of delayed childbirth - Reuters Health